Lillie Leona Waldrop

Lillie Leona Waldrop, 95, of La Grande, died on Nov. 29, in Vicksburg, Miss.

The funeral service will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday at the La Grande Stake Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Gekeler Lane. A viewing runs from noon to 1 p.m.

Lillie was born on March 21, 1912, to Theodore and Leona Miller, in Teton Basin, Idaho. The family lived there for a couple years and then moved to a ranch in Telocaset. Later they moved to Union, where Lillie attended her last years of school.

She married Walter Waldrop on April 29, 1931, in La Grande. A few years later, they moved to Burns where they remained until 1945. They moved back to La Grande where they bought a farm and raised cattle.

Lillie enjoyed and loved being around her family and friends. She enjoyed cooking large meals and doing farm work such as milking cows, mowing, raking and baling hay. She loved riding horses, huckleberry picking and spending time with her grandkids. Lillie had a passion for traveling, which she did extensively in her later years.

She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and held many church positions that she loved.

Survivors include her sons, Don Waldrop of La Grande and Gary Waldrop of Ft. Myers, Fla.; daughters, Shirley Twidwell of Elverta, Calif., Jean Frewing of La Grande and Sharon Huie of Vicksburg, Mich.; brother Elmer Miller of La Grande; sisters, Eva Kephart of Pollock Pines, Calif., and Myrna Clayton of Reno; 26 grandchildren; 54 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter; son, Norma; grandchildren Jennifer Twidwell and Karen Haynes; brothers Earl Miller, Dick Miller, Willie Miller and Roy Miller; and sisters, Mae Simonis, Amy Stewart and Edith Rogers.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Cancer Society.